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The root account's home directory must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22309 GEN000930 SV-37358r2_rule Medium
Description
File system extended ACLs provide access to files beyond what is allowed by the unix permissions of the files.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2016-07-22

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-31290r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the root account's home directory.
# setfacl --remove-all